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52. CASSIA Munsuxa. T 
C. ramulis hispidissimis; foliolis /o-5o-jugis, oblongo- linearibus , apice rotundatis , supra 
puberulis, subtus hirsuto- pubescentibus; glandula inter omnia paria ; racemis axillaribus , soli- 
lariis et. geminis. 
Cassia Mutisiana Mimoses et autres pl. leg. p. 152. t. 43. 
Crescit in Regno INovo- Granatensi. b 
Taur teretiusculi, medulla farcti, pilis longis flavescentibus patentissimis mollibus hispidissimi. Fori 
alterna, petiolata, paripinnata; juniora convoluta. Foliola brevissime petiolata, opposita, 4j0-50-juga, ob- 
longo-linearia, utrinque rotundata , apice mucronata, basi obliqua, integerrima, uninervia, membra- 
nacea, supra puberula, subtus pilis flavescentibus hirsuto- pubescentia , quatuor lineas longa, lineam. 
lata; inferiora et presertim superiora gradatim breviora; summa duas lineas longa. PrrrotUs communis 
adjecta rhachi 4-47 pollices longus, pilis flavescentibus hirto-tomentosus. Glandule glabra inter quodlibet 
foliolorum par, rhachi insidentes, 1 aut 2 infimz clavatz, acuto, suberecte; relique subulat», rhachi ad- 
presso. SriPULE petiolares geminz, lineares, acuminato-subulatz, falcatz, hirto- tomentosz, 4-5 lineas 
longe, decidum. Racrwr in apice ramulorum axillares, solitarii aut gemini, pedunculati , 6-9- flori, 
subtripollicares; pedunculo rhachique angulatis, hirtellis. Fronrs alterni, pedicellati , magnitudine floris 
Cassis grandiflorm, subcorymbosi; pedicellis filiformibus, 5-7 lineas longis, hirtellis ; fructiferis G- 10 lineas 
longis. Bractea nulle, interdum glandula clavata ad basim pedicellorum. Carvx pentaphyllus, tenuiter 
membranaceus, obsolete reticulato- venosus, coloratus ; foliolis valde insqualibus, ellipticis, apice rotundatis, 
concavis, glabris; duobus omnium maximis, obovatis, 5 lineas longis; reliquis gradatim minoribus, ellip- 
ticis; duobus exterioribus triplo quadruplo brevioribus, dorso pubescentibus. PrrAzA quinque, unguiculata, 
membranacea, flava, glabra, reticulato-nervosa, parum inzqualia, obovata aut obovato-oblonga, apice 
rotundata, calyce duplo longiora, patentissima. SrAwINA decem, inzqualia, adscendentia , calyce breviora ; 
tria superiora parva, sterilia. FrtAwENTA linearia, superne attenuata, glabra, in staminibus tribus longioribus 
sesquilineam longa, in quatuor intermediis duplo triplove breviora. Axrnznx crasse, tetragonz, quadrisul- 
cate, supra basim affixz, erect, subarcuate, fusco-nigre, glabro, biloculares, apice biporosm, 2: lineas 
longe; tres inferiores apice breviter rostratz, rostro recurvato; quatuor intermedio obtusc. Stamina 
sterilia reliquis triplo breviora; filamento capillacco, glabro ; anthera oblonga aut obovata, emarginata, com- 
presso-plana. Ovaniuu stipitatum, anguste lineare, compressum, hirtellum, adscendens, arcuatum, stamina 
duplo superans. Srvrus brevis, glaber, apice subuncinatus. SriGxa acutiusculum. LzcuxiNA Stipitata, linearia, 
compressa, basi styli rostrata, margine incrassato cincta, recta, membranacea, fusca, glabra, nitida, 
ad seminum sedes subtumida, septis transversis in 20-206 divisa loculos monospermos, bivalvia, quadripol- 
licaria, 5-5: lineas lata ; stipite tereti , glabro, tres lineas longo. SzxisA immatura, oblonga, lenticulari-com- 
pressa, glabra. Podospermium longum, capillare, glabrum. 
A Mutisio cum Bonplandio communicata. 
